Configure SharePoint Search

Give a name to the content source and select File Shares as a Content Source Type.

Add the UNC path for the shared documents.

If you want just that folder to be searched select ‘Only crawl the folder of each start address’.

Select up any crawl schedules you want.

Select OK to save this new Content Source

Configure File and Folder Permissions

The SharePoint Search Crawler will run under a user and this user requires permission to the shared folder. To ensure you know which user is crawling you can do this on your file server by opening the File Services Snap In and selecting Manage Session from the Action panel.

6 Responses to Configure SharePoint 2010 Search to crawl file servers

I’ve got this setup and it seems to be crawling ok, but it isn’t doing a full text crawl of the PDF’s in the file share. The iFilter is installed, as it is doing full text crawls on the PDF’s within the SharePoint site. Any suggestions, or is this working as designed?

When is search for results, the website lists results, but the when i click on the file link. The file does not open. Nothing happens, i get no error in the browser. The file link is correct, when i copy paste it in a run box, the file opens.